@sanitizedagent8

When a character is assured enough in their own power that they are completely relaxed in dangerous situations??? When that same character becomes tense and uncomfortable in the mundane because they don't have a framework for peace?????? When they help navigate violence for another character and in return that character helps them navigate softness??????????? That's all, your honour

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characters who view themselves as tools/weapons first and people second... characters who martyr themselves for a cause because they think that's the only way they can be worth something... characters who push themselves past their breaking point again and again and again... characters for whom devotion and masochism are inseparable... characters whose self-sacrifice becomes self-annihilation...... what was my point again? i had a point. anyway.

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characters who are so inauthentic. characters who only show what they want other people to see of them. characters who simply must have control over every part of themselves. do you even get it

Anonymous asked:

Besides the obvious tentacles and swim form, are they any differences between inklings and octolings?

Oh yeah, plenty.

This got a little long, so I'm gonna stick it under a cut!

Anonymous asked:

Do octarians/octolings have venom? If so, how does it function, is it fatal, etc - 🐍

While both share a common ancestor that was venomous, currently, only Octolings are still venomous. Inklings are no longer venomous, and evolved out of that around the time they became pack hunters. They simply didn't need it- they had other ways to subdue and kill their prey through numbers.

Octolings, however, remained solitary much longer, and relied on that venom to help paralyze and subdue their prey.

Though it's no longer really needed, it's still present in modern day octolings. However, it's not particularly potent, nor is it a real danger to many.

The type of venom they use is tetradotoxin (TTX), which is produced by symbiotic bacteria in the salivary glands. This substance is potently neurotoxic, blocking the transmission of nerve impulses. This stops muscles from being able to contract and has potentially deadly consequences for smaller creatures, but is generally going to be simply an annoyance for larger ones.

Some symptoms include nausea, respiratory arrest, heart failure, severe and sometimes total paralysis, blindness, and potentially death.

For something as small as a seagull, if they were bitten by an adult octoling, it would most likely kill or be near-fatal.

For another octoling (or inkling), it would most likely cause some nausea and issues breathing at worst, but wouldn't be deadly.

For something as large as, say, a moray or salmonid, it would be an annoyance at worst. Like a bee sting.

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